I’m a technical AI researcher, engineer, and former founder based in SF/NYC. My current research interests lie in directions like:
- developing reward-model-free methods for value alignment
- building epistemic humility into models
- finding the equivalent of pre-training self-supervision for alignment problems
If you’re interested in collaborating, please don’t hesitate to reach out!
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“Everyone who has done any kind of creative work has experienced, in a greater or less degree, the state of mind in which, after long labour, truth or beauty appears, or seems to appear, in a sudden glory–it may only be about some small matter, or it may be about the universe ... I think most of the best creative work, in art, in science, in literature, and in philosophy, has been the result of such a moment.”
— Bertrand Russell
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Work History
In my research endeavors, I was most recently a research fellow at both MATS and Haize Labs. A concise summary of my recent work history:
- Haize Labs | Research Fellow: ****Worked on techniques for improving model alignment to human preferences in non-verifiable domains, improving sample efficiency for training in such domains, and scaling weak supervision in LLMs (last one currently in progress).
- MATS | Research Fellow: ****Worked with Owain Evans on model evaluations and dangerous capabilities demonstrations. Developed black-box techniques to probe models for hidden beliefs and demonstrated that models can generalize novel backdoor triggers and behaviors through out-of-context reasoning.
- OpenAI | Engineer: ****Worked on ChatGPT and related products. Part of the core team that developed 1-800-ChatGPT and OpenAI’s authentication platform.
- Sonnet | Founder: ****Founded a startup in 2022 for automating meeting note-taking. Handled all of the engineering and research required for such a product to work consistently at scale. Exited October 2024.
Writing and Publications
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🔗 Links
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🚌 Education
University of California, Berkeley c/o 2024
Computer Science, Highest Distinction
Cal Dragon Boat
Upsilon Pi Epsilon Honors Society
”Borrowed” a Calapalooza Banner (seeInstalling the Calapalooza Banner) one night with my roommate and kept it hung up in our apartment for 2 years
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